During the First World War, the Pozzo della Scala valley was a crucial point for the Italian army, intent on attacking and conquering Mount Ortigara, in Austro-Hungarian hands: evidence of this is the complex and very long network of walkways and trenches that branch out from here towards Campanaro and the overlying Cima Caldiera.

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Trenches and walkways and crossroads for Monte Ortigara.

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